The Fifth District Court of Appeal has held that the resentencing provisions of Penal Code §1172.75—invalidating sentencing enhancements based on prior convictions resulting in prison sentences for crimes other than sexually violent offenses and requiring resentencing retroactively—apply to enhancements that have been imposed but stayed as they carry the possibility of future execution.

A trial court was powerless to set aside a city’s sale of its airport to a Native American tribe, even if the deal was arranged through secret meetings of the City Council in violation of the Brown Act, in light of the doctrine of tribal sovereign immunity, the Third District Court of Appeal has held.

(Subscription required) Kronstadt was a deputy district attorney specializing in sexual abuse, domestic abuse and child abuse for 10 years before Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed her to the bench a year ago. Kronstadt said she finds the family court assignment particularly meaningful because of its direct impact on people's lives, especially children.

(Subscription required) In July 2023, a Santa Clara County Superior Court commissioner notified the State Bar about problems in a landlord-tenant small-claims case she was hearing. The commissioner noted a discrepancy in the address listed on multiple court documents, which turned out to be the address for Robin Groth-Hill. In one instance, Groth-Hill was designated as the process server for those documents.